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Compact Cadillac Crossover Rumored To Be Built At Orion Assembly Plant

Cadillac has already made it clear more crossovers are coming, and announced three new crossovers and SUVs by the year 2020. Cadillac has major product gaps in this field, as the Germans fill up every niche imaginable with a crossover of sorts. Seeing the Orion Assembly specializes in small cars, it does make sense this “new vehicle program” would sit on the compact side of things. Expect an XT3, or XT1 name to follow suit with the Cadillac XT5, the replacement for the SRX.

Speaking of electrification, Cadillac has also noted it will produce a handful of new plug-in vehicles to boost its tech credibility. Seeing as the 2017 Bolt EV will be built alongside this new Cadillac crossover, might it offer a plug-in option as well? Possibly.

We don’t have a pinpointed timeline on when we expect to see this new Cadillac crossover, but expect it before 2020, as Cadillac makes good use of the $12 billion earmarked for its turn around.

For one dedicated Cadillac driver any decision on a crossover has already come too late. They had a great one that did not succeed. In my opinion due to a total lack of marketing support by Cadillac management. And, that was the two wheel or AWD CTS Sports Wagon. As many know in the small SUV/Crossover line the only thing that exists into next year is the SRX, and unfortunately (if you read independent evaluations) the SRX lacks. I was hoping the XT5 would be out in 2016 not the lame duck last run of the SRX. But, that “AIN’T happening. Can anyone spell GLA?

As a recent Buick buyer (Encore) and my first ever GM or American car purchase since 1984, I must admit that Cadillac is interesting to me. Not that I can afford a Caddy. It’s that my parents and their generation were driving around in them. And I kind of miss it somehow. I dream that maybe Caddy could offer an affordable entry level somehow.

But how?

What first occurs to me is that — perhaps — there are too many choices between Chevy, Buick, and Cadillac. That if all of these lines were cleaned up a little, perhaps someone like me could slip into a Cadillac.

For instance, the Trax/Encore. Okay. The Trax comes in three trim levels. The LTZ is crazy close to being an Encore. And then the Encore comes in three trim levels. So that six trim levels. But no Encore exists in the Cadillac line. To get something like it you buy the bigger SRX crossover at almost 9K more.

Why not reduce the Trax trims levels to one ‘nice’ trim level. THE Chevy Trax. As affordable as possible while not undermining spec. Cloth seats, plastic interior, what have you. You want more? Get a base Encore. Need more than that? Get a fancy Encore… that has lots of bells and whistles but not all of them. Want even more? The Encore Cadillac. Only one model, which is basically the Buick with every last amazing option plus a kitchen sink.

That’s four models. Instead of six. And you’ve squeezed some buyers into Cadillac. If they want EVEN more they buy the base SRX. Or maybe the base SRX is offered as a Buick.

Do you see what I mean? Less models, more bleeding into each other. When Scion introduced the xA and xB, it came as one model. Period. I believe that’s what Chevy should be. One model, maybe one price. If you want more, you’re a Buick buyer. And maybe a Cadillac buyer. A lot more colors could offered under this regime, by the by.

I don’t know what a CT1 is, but it doesn’t matter to my point. I’m not squeezing buyers below anything in my idea. I’m actually nudging them up. As explained: why have three models of Trax when you could have one and say, if you need more, graduate to a semi-luxury Buick.

Right now the LTS Trax is the same money as a Buick Encore. Why do that? Makes no sense to me. Choice can be good, but choice can also be confusing. Steve Jobs once told a Nike CEO, “You have too much product and it’s hard to find the quality from the crap.”

There are enough SuV’s on the market. We need more luxury cars. i wish the Cadillac XLRV would be redone. That is the most beautiful care I have seen in a long time. not many cars you look at now and say, Wow i have to have one. They don’t exist. Please reconsider while i am still young enough to drive and enjoy a lot of years out of my car. Thank you.